Citing the IPBES Global Assessment, Microsoft announces that it will provide the University of Western Australia with a grant to help protect threatened species

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) Microsoft announced that the University of Western Australia will benefit from an AI for Earth Microsoft Compute Grant to support its work to protect threatened species, undertaken as part of the global DNA Zoo initiative. The grant will develop the concept of using scat retrieval drones (SRDs) to collect samples that can be used for DNA-based species monitoring. Microsoft made the announcement in response to the Global Assessment’s finding that one million species are at risk of extinction, as a means of demonstrating their commitment to sustainability.